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On Display: House - Pennsylvania German Bedroom
Breast pipe (Breast pump)
1760-1840
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
England, Norway, or United States; North America or Europe
Materials
- Glass
Museum Object Number
1977.0112
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1977.0112
Object Name
Breast pipe (Breast pump)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
England, Norway, or United States; North America or Europe
Date
1760-1840
Subject(s)
- Childcare
- Pharmacy
- Apothecary
Materials
- Glass
Techniques
- Blown
Dimensions (inches)
4.37 (H) x 11.969 (L) x 2.677 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11.1 (H) x 30.4 (L) x 6.8 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
• Published: no. 418, p. 400Article: Polak, Ada Buch. 1969 "The 'IP Olufsen Weyse' Illustrated Price-List of 18th-Century Norwegian Glass". Journal of Glass Studies. 11
• Similar form of "Breast Glass with Long Spout" in Ip Olufsen Weyse 1763 Norwegian glass catalogue: p. 97, fig. 28Book: 1984 Principes d'analyse scientifique: Objets civils domestiques Vocabulaire.
• Similar form glass "Tire-lait": p.350, no. 1705, 18th-19th century. See no.1704 for similarly dated variation.